How Mansfield and Ashfield's councils license dog boarders

Eight dog day cares, boarding kennels and home boarders are listed for Mansfield and Ashfield, and they answer to three different councils, each with a different way of showing what it knows.

Mansfield District Council: its own register, with stars

Mansfield District Council publishes its own PDF register of animal-welfare licences, and on it Mansfield Canine Centre carries the council's top score, 5 stars, current until April 2028. This is the one business on this page whose star rating comes from the council's own published document rather than a third party.

Ashfield District Council: a mirror, not the council's own page

Ashfield District Council's four licences here — Dalton K9 Academy, Prodigy K9, We Love Pets Mansfield and Coxmoor House Kennels & Cattery — are recorded from animal-licensing.uk, an independently run mirror of the council's own licence decisions, not from a page Ashfield itself publishes online. Because this is a mirror rather than the council's own site, no star rating from it is shown on any of these four listings, only the licence number and expiry date where the mirror gives them.

Newark and Sherwood District Council: no public register

Newark and Sherwood District Council, which covers Rainworth and Blidworth and part of the Ollerton and Edwinstowe area, publishes no licensing register online at all. Kingstand Lodge Kennels & Cattery and K9 Playtime both state on their own sites that they are licensed, but neither claim could be checked against a council record, so no licence details are shown for either; ask to see current proof of licensing when you call.

Country Woofs: a different council again

Country Woofs, also in the Ollerton and Edwinstowe area, states on its own site that it is licensed by Bassetlaw District Council rather than Newark and Sherwood, a different authority again. Bassetlaw's own register was not checked this round, so no licence details are shown here either; ask Country Woofs to confirm its current licence and number directly.

What that means for you

Five of the eight businesses here have a licence confirmed against a register or its mirror, which is a genuine legal check: dog boarding, home boarding and day care are all licensed activities in England, and a council can refuse or revoke a licence if a business falls below standard. The other three may well be licensed too, since a licence is required, but this directory could not confirm it from a public source; ask to see the current certificate when you call, and contact the relevant council directly if a star rating matters to your decision.